The Chromebook 14 missed its chance to prove both that a Chromebook doesn’t have to cost $200, and that a good Chromebook doesn’t have to cost $1,299. There’s a middle ground, rich with opportunity, waiting for someone to take Chrome OS seriously. As soon as manufacturers do, buyers will too.

Earlier this year I had a look at a Chromebook from Samsung, here what at first glance looks a fairly similar offering from HP. Could a Chromebook be a real alternative to using a notebook with the Microsoft Windows operating...

The Pavilion 14 Chromebook HP knows what it's getting into with the Pavilion 14 Chromebook, and that's why it's targeting the consumer market. No matter how you slice it, there are still too many quirks surrounding Chromebooks—such as...

Hewlett-Packard has been blowing a bit hot and cold with Windows 8 recently. With sales of Windows 8 tablets still flatlining, HP has been telling anyone that will listen that it is prepared to look at other alternatives for its mobile offerings. See...

While HP's entry comes with the largest screen available on a Chromebook to date, its low resolution defeats the purpose. Otherwise, it performs well and comes with a swappable battery, making it a good value overall....

While the £249 HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook isn't the cheapest of the inexpensive Chrome devices, it's still a heck of a lot less than most budget laptops, and is perhaps the easiest transition from Windows to Chrome. The full-size keyboard...

HP's Pavilion 14 Chromebook could serve the role of being someone's sole PC. A large keyboard, reasonable processor, and low price combine to make a very attractive low-cost system that anyone could pick up and use for most computing tasks....

This HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook is a good if unexceptional laptop, though. It's a generous size and that 14-inch screen is acceptably good, it performs very well, and though the keyboard isn't a delight, the whole thing feels like it would be a decent sidekick for a good few years.

Chrome OS New Chrome OS review So if you think a Chromebook is right for you, which should you buy? We still think the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook (which, perhaps tellingly, is the one Google itself promotes through TV advertising), is the best balance....

The HP Pavilion Chromebook 14 isn't a revelation. It's a lot like an enlarged - and glammed-up thanks to its sparkly glossy plastic (make of that what you will) - version of the Samsung Series 3 Chromebook. The added screen size adds a few...

HP’s Chromebook debut is desperately disappointing, with insipid hardware failing to bring anything worthwhile to the marketRating: 2Average: 2 (1 vote) HP has taken its own sweet time to enter the Chromebook fray, but it certainly hasn’t...

RUNNING GOOGLE'S CHROME operating system (OS), Chromebooks are designed as "always connected" devices supporting applications that reside on the web, rather than traditional PC applications like Microsoft Office and Photoshop that are...

Low-cost Chromebooks tend to require compromise. On one end of the spectrum, you've got the HP Chromebook 11, which boasts beautiful design and build quality but has significant performance limitations. On the other end, there's the Acer C720...

The HP Chromebook 14 is the latest - and joint-largest - Chromebook to show its face at this year's Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco. The replacement for the earlier "Pavilion" Chromebook 14, the latest model is available in a number of...

For about 320 euros, teh HP Pavilion Chromebook can be yours. It's a 14-inch laptop with ChromeOS, bigger than the other Chromebooks we've seen. The OS won't appeal to everyone, but if you're looking for a pure internet laptop and are...